Device based trigger for location push event

• US 8,892,121 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Artax LLC (IPValuation Partners, LLC)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Morin, Drew
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Chrstiopher M
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US13/349,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20120108265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 705/26, 705/41
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A software LBS trigger is initiated by a wireless device to request a set of proximate location information points relating to, e.g., points of interest, location tagged blogs, etc., based on the user'"'"'s current location. The LBS trigger may be initiated when the user moves, and may include speed of the user to define a proximate area within which the user'"'"'s device will be presented with relevant location information upon reaching. The size of the proximate area may be based on available memory in the wireless device, and/or on network bandwidth limitations. If walking, a smaller proximate area is defined, or if moving fast, the area of close proximity is larger. The location-based information points are stored locally on the user'"'"'s device, and presentation to the user when the user gets closely proximate to the relevant information point.

Claims

1. A wireless device location based service, comprising:

a location based services (LBS) trigger module, in a given wireless device, to locally trigger retrieval of a plurality of point of interest (POI) information proximate to a predicted future position of said given wireless device;

a culled memory module to cull said plurality of POI information into a future proximate sub-plurality of POI information based on a current path of travel, and speed, of said wireless device; and

providing only said sub-plurality of POI information for display.

2. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein:

said sub-plurality of said POI information is inversely proportional to said speed of said wireless device.

3. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein said POI information comprises:

textual content.

4. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein said POI information comprises:

audio content.

5. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein said POI information comprises:

video content.

6. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein said POI information comprises:

a pointer reference to uniquely identify a separate application.

7. The wireless device location based service according to claim 1, wherein said POI information comprises:

a universal resource locator (URL) link.

8. A method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device, comprising:

locally triggering, by said wireless device, retrieval of a plurality of point of interest (POI) information proximate to a predicted future position of a given wireless device;

culling said plurality of POI information into a future proximate sub-plurality of POI information based on a current path of travel, and speed, of said given wireless device; and

providing only said sub-plurality of POI information for display.

9. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein:

said proximity is inversely proportional to said speed of said given wireless device.

10. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein said POI information comprises:

textual content.

11. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein said POI information comprises:

audio content.

12. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein said POI information comprises:

video content.

13. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein said POI information comprises:

a pointer reference to uniquely identify a separate application.

14. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, wherein said POI information comprises:

a universal resource locator (URL) link.

15. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, further comprising:

obtaining a unique identifier of said (liven wireless device.

16. The method of retrieving location based information in a wireless device according to claim 8, further comprising:

providing a unique identifier associated with said (liven wireless device prior to retrieval of said plurality of POI information.